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Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Jamaa el Kebir

Tetouan, Morocco

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The largest mosque in the medina, built in 1808/1222 AH on the site of a 16th c. mosque, close to the Jewish Quarter. 

Sources:
Mazzīn, Muḥammad, and Imḥammad Bin ʻAbbūd. Andalusian Morocco: Discovery in Living Art. n.p.: Museum With No Frontiers, 2001.

Variant names
  • Great Mosque (Translated)
  • Gran Mezquite (Translated)
  • Grande Mosquée (Translated)
  • Jami' al-Kebir (Alternate transliteration)
  • Masjid al-kabir (Alternate)
  • جامع الكبي (Original)
Date
1808/1222 AH
Style period
Alawi, Wattasid
Associated names
Building type
religious
Building usage
mosque
Dimensions
35 m. x 45m.
Materials / Techniques
brick, lime, mortar
Associated collections
Coordinates
35.571914, -5.365214

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